Mechanism for applying calk-anchoring members to athletic shoes



March 26, 1940. 2,194,720 MECHANISM FOR APPLYING CALK-ANCHORING MEMBERS TO ATHLETIC SHOES F. C. PHILLIPS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 6, 1939 4. ix F m H lnvenTor. Fred CPhiHips by7md MJ W A'fTys.

F. C. PHILLIPS March 26, 1940.

MECHANISM FOR APPLYING CALM-ANCHORING MEMBERS T0 ATHLETIC SHOES Fild Jan. 6, 1959 ZSheets-Sheet 2 M lnve F'red QPh nfror II I :ps

Patented Mar. 26,1940

- f 2,194,720 MECHANISM ron APPLYING CA LK-AN- CHGRING MEMBERS SHOES TO ATHLETIC Fred (3. Phillips, Stoughton, Mass.

Application January 6,

7 Claims,

This invention relates to improvements in mechanism for applying to the soles of athletic shoes anti-slipping devices such as calks, cleats, studs, or the like, all of which will be designated herein by the general term of calks and the anchoring devices for the same will be designated as calk-anchoring devices.

The positioning of calks in the soles of athletic shoes, particularly golf shoes, in such manner as to provide a proper anchorage for the foot of the wearer when driving a golf ball and making a long shot along the fairway, or to prevent slipping of the foot when making a difficult shot, is of great importance and manufacturers of golf shoes have in certain instances designed particular assemblages which they believe are properly coordinated to the type of last from which the shoes are made to enable the wearer of the shoes to obtain the best possible anchorage. Furthermore athletes usually become accustomed to particular types or makes of shoes having predetermined arrangements of calks thereon and repeatedly purchase shoes having same calk assemblage so that no unusual strain will be put upon the muscles of the leg as might result from the use of a different calk arrangement to which the athlete is not accustomed. In the manufacapplied in precisely the same symmetrical arture of athletic shoes which are to be provided with calks the calk-anchoring devices are applied to the soles before the soles are assembled in the shoes. Such anchoring devices usually comprise a flat base having one or more peripheral spurs adapted to be embedded in the sole and a central tubular stud which is adapted to be seated in a preformed aperture in the sole or in some instances to be forced through the sole during the setting operation. .The tubular stud is provided with an internally screw threaded wall adapted to receive the externally screw threaded stem upon a calk or cleat."

The calk or cleat is usually provided with an enlarged shouldered surface to engage the under face of the sole and when set up by a suitable wrench to be so firmly clamped upon the sole as to become partially or wholly embedded in the lower face thereof.

In usual practice in setting the anchoring member in the sole the sole is placed by hand upon an anvil beneath the punch for producing a hole of the proper'size, after which the stud of the anchoring member is placed in the hole and the anchoring member hammered down to cause its spurs to penetrate the leather of the sole and the base thereof to become embedded in the sole, or in more improved constructions, such as disclosed 1939, Serial No. 249,597

in my prior Patent No. 2,120,711 granted June 14, 1938, having mechanism axially alined with a suitable aperture in the anvil and operable to position the anchoring member and upon actuation of the hammer member to cause the tubular stud of the anchoring member to punch its own hole through the sole, the base of the anchoring member being embedded in the sole by the force of the blow.

After one of the anchoring members has been thus set in the shoe sole, the sole is moved manually and positioned by observation alone for the application of the next anchoring member and so on. Such positioning of the anchoring members in uniform and predetermined grouping by the eye requires great skill upon'the part of the operator and if the anchoring members are applied accurately to the soles considerable time is required for each operation.

The principal object of the invention is to provide means for accurately positioning the anchoring member in all shoes of the same size in exactly the same arrangement relatively to each other and to the contour of the sole.

Another object of the invention is to provide means by which the calk-anchoring members of right and left soles of a pair of shoes may be rangement relatively to the contour of the sole.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of the character above specified particularly adapted to be employed in connection with setting mechanism of the type disclosed in my prior Patent No. 2,120,711 aforesaid.

More specifically the invention comprises essentially a template having a contour conforming to the contour of a particular size of sole and provided with apertures therethrough of such size as to fit the anvil or an anvil boss of a setting machine with means for detachably securing a sole to the template with the perimeter of the sole in registry with that of the assembly.

A further object of the invention is to provide a template of the character described having means for selectively securing a right sole to one face of the template or a left sole to the opposite face of the template, so that when the anchoring members ,are set in the respective left andright soles in registry with the apertures in the template and the pair of shoes completed and calks applied to the anchoring members, the arrangement or grouping of the calks on the respective shoes will be symmetrical in all respects. By reason of the present invention therefore any number of pairs of shoes with identical arrangement of calks may be produced and by preservation and useof the template such arrangement of calks may be duplicated at any time on later manufactured shoes.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated herein as employed in the mechanism for setting calk-anchoring members disclosed in my prior Patent No. 2,120,711.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view, mainly in vertical section, of setting mechanism for the calk-anchoring member showing the sole and sole-positioning template held upon the anvil in proper position for the setting of an anchoring member and with the anchoring member positioned upon the sole preparatory to the actuation of the driver for embedding the anchoring member in the sole;

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view showinga calkanchoring member assembled in a shoe sole with a calk secured thereto and clamped thereby in the sole;

and calks.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a typical form of template provided with cooperating clamping members for securing a sole of like size and contour to one face of the template;

Fig. 4 is a, fragmentary side elevation of the construction illustrated in Fig. 1, showing in full lines the shoe sole applied to one face of the template and in dotted lines a shoe sole applied to the ODPQ ite face of the template, with resilient means for selectively clamping a sole upon either 'face of the template;

' ner described in my prior patent aforesaid, the

object of this construction being to enable the setting mechanism to be used for special arrangement or grouping of calk-anchoring member The present invention is illustrated in connection with the particular type of setting mechanism for calk-anchoring devices disclosed in my prior Patent No. 2,120,711, which comprises in general a base I integral with or supporting an anvil 2 having a preferably cylindrical upwardly extending boss 3 of a size corresponding approximately to the area of the base 4 of the calkanchoring member. The boss 3 has a vertical bore 5 corresponding in area to the internally screw threaded cylindrical stud 6 of the anchoring member, as particularly shown in Fig. 1.

The setting device is provided with a head 1 which is integral with a usual upwardly extending gooseneckstandard of punching or setting machines of this type. The head 1 of the setting mechanism is provided with a cylindrical bore in which is mounted a slide 8 actuated by suitable mechanism such as are employed in punches and which need not be illustrated. The lower end of the cylindrical member 8 has telescopically secured in it a hammer 9 having a shoulder l engaging the lower end of the slide 8, the lower portion ll of the hammer 9 desirably being tapered and presenting at its lower end a flat face l2 adapted to engage the base 4 of the anchoring member, and when the hammer is actuated to set the anchoring member forcibly in the sole I3 which is positioned upon the boss 3 of the anvil in the manner hereinafter to be described.

In order to facilitate the operation of the setting mechanism the hammer II is provided with a central bore M in which is reciprocably mounted a plunger I5 having at its lower end a reduced section l6 adapted to receive and to fit the bore of the stud G of the anchoring member. The plunger I 5 has secured to it a collar I! which is reciprocably mounted in an enlarged counterbore [8 of the hammer. A helical spring I9 is interposed betweenthe collar I1 and an adjustable nut 20 which engages the internally screw threaded upper end portion of the hammer. A buffer 2|, of rubber or other suitable material, is interposed between the collar I! on the plunger l5 and the lower end of the counterbore l8, The construction above described is similar to that disclosed in my prior patent aforesaid with the. exception that the anvil in the present construction is provided with a preferably upwardly extending cylindrical boss 3 having the axial aperture 5 therethrough as above described.

The present invention comprises means for accurately and properly positioning the sole beneath the setting mechanism in such manner that the anchoring members may be readily and accurately applied in the predetermined assemblage or grouping relativelyto each other and to the contour of either the left sole or the right sole of a pair of athletic shoes. anism comprises a template 22 preferably conforming precisely to the contour of the sole or soles of a pair of shoes. The template 22 is of a thickness preferably equal to the height of the hollow boss 3 which extends upwardly from the anvil 2, so that when the template is placed upon it the upper surface of the template will be in the same plane as the flat upper end of the boss 3. The template 22 is provided with a plurality of apertures 23 which are grouped in any desired arrangement relatively to each other and'to the contour of the template to provide Suitable means are provided for clamping the;

n'on-wearface of the companion righi; or left soles to opposite faces of the template. A preferred means illustrated herein comprises a reciprocable clamping device which may be selectively operated to clamp either a right or left sole to the template. In the preferred construc tion the clamping device comprises a fiat steel spring 24 which is secured to the edge of the template 22 by screws 25. This spring has at its free end a semi-cylindrical bearing 26 in which is slidably mounted a pin 21 which is provided at its opposite ends with heads 28 and 29. The pin 21 is of such length that when the head 29 engages the under surface of the bearing 26 and also preferably the under face of the template, the opposite head 28 will overlie a sole l3 which is positioned upon the face of the template, as illustrated in full lines in Fig. 4.

Assuming that the sole l3 illustrated in Fig. 4 is a right sole such as would be applied to the surface shown in Fig. 3, it is obvious that if a left sole I: were applied to the under face of the template 22, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, the pin 21 would be thrust downwardly to the dotted line position so that the head 29 would overlie the edge of the left sole in the manner above described.

Any suitable number of clamping means such as those of the character above described may be mounted upon the template. In the preferred construction illustrated in Fig. '3 the clamping members are mounted in the toe portion of the sole in symmetrically opposite positions, while similar clamping members are mounted in front of the heel portion or upon the section of the template corresponding to the shank portion of the shoe. 1

It will be obvious that by reason of the present construction either a left or right *sole may be applied to the template. The template may then be positioned beneath the setting mechanism with the apertures 23 successively positioned upon the anvil boss 3 and the hammer of the setting mechanism actuated to set the anchoring members in the sole.

When the hammer l I of the setting mechanism is actuated the flat lower face l2 will force the anchoring member downwardly causing its tubular stud to cut its own aperture in the sole. The resistance of the sole will however cause the plunger I5 to yield upwardly against the force of the spring l9 until the tubular stud has nearly cut through the sole at which time the force of the spring l9 will be sufficient to tear away the remainder of the plug cut from the sole and discharge it through the bore 5 of the anvil boss 3.

Such positioning of the template requires little or no effort upon the part of the operator. Proper setting of the anchoring members in predetermined positions relatively to each other and to the contour of the sole is insured and symmetrical arrangement upon the right and left shoe of a pair always provided.

The assemblage of the anchoring member in the shoe sole and the clamping of the calk upon the sole is illustrated in Fig. 2 from which it will be seen that the base t of the anchoring member is embedded in the sole flush with its upper surface, the spurs of the anchoring member being driven into the sole to prevent rotation therein, and the stud 6 of the anchoring member being fullyembedded in the sole and extending nearly through it.

The calk 30, which may be of any desired shape, is provided with'a screw threaded stem 3| which engages the internally threaded wall of the stud 6 and the flange 32 upon the calk 30 which desirably is about the same diameter as the base 4 of the anchoring member is partially embedded in the lower face of the sole when the call: is firmly screwed into its socket.

In the construction shown in Fig. 6 a metal ring 33 having a thickness corresponding to the height of the anvil boss 3 is placed upon the anvil 2 so that its upper surface 34 is flush with the upper surface of the-boss 3, thereby providing a fiat surface adapted to support a sole beneath a setting device when it is desired to set by eye of observation a special arrangement of anchoring members for the calks, or when so few sets of anchoring members are to be applied to shoe such templates may be conveniently stored for repeated use thereby enabling athletic shoes of any particular type to be duplicated at any time.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is: e

1. Mechanism for accurately setting a plurality of calls-anchoring members having flat bases and central internally screw threaded studs to the soles ofa pair of athletic shoes comprising an anvil having an upwardly projecting boss provided with a concentric bore, a template having a plurality of apertures therethrough each one of which is of a size and shape detachably to fit snuglyupon the boss of said anvil and arranged in desired predetermined positions relatively to each other and to the contour of the template, clamping means mounted on said template for detachably securing a shoe sole to the template in predetermined relation thereto, means for pcsitioning the stud of the calk-anchoring member in coaxial alinement with the bore of said boss, and means for forcing said stud into the sole.

2. Mechanism for accurately setting a plurality of calls-anchoring members having flat bases and central internally screw threaded studs to the soles of a pair of athletic shoes comprising an anvil having an upwardly projecting boss provided with a concentric bore, a template having a-plurality of apertures therethrough each one of which is of a size and shape detachably to fit snugly upon the boss of said anvil and arranged in desired predetermined positions relatively to each other and to the contour of the template, a plurality of reciprocable clamping means mounted on the edge of the template selectively operable detachably to secure to the template either the right or the left sole of the pair of shoes; means for positioning the stud of the calk-anchoring member in axial alinement with the bore of the anvil boss, and means for forcing said stud into the sole.

3. Mechanism for setting calls-anchoring members having a central stud provided with an internally threaded socket in the soles of athletic shoes comprising an anvil having an upwardly projecting cylindrical boss having a cylindrical bore coaxially therethrough of substantially the same diameter as the external diameter of said stud, a driver reciprocable in axial alinement with said boss. having a spring-pressed positioning plunger adapted slidably to fit the socket of the anchoring member, means for positioning a sole relatively to said setting mechanism comprising a template having means for detachably securing a shoe sole to it and provided with a plurality of apertures therethrough each one of which is of a size and shape to fit snugly on said boss and arranged in the desired predetermined positions relatively to each other and to the contour of the template, whereby by successively actuating said driver the calk-anchor-- ing members will be properly assembled on the sole and uniformity of assemblage on like soles will be assured.

4. Mechanism for symmetrically setting calkanchoring members having a central stud provided with an internally threaded socket in the soles of a pair of athletic shoes comprising an anvil having an upwardly projecting cylindrical boss having a cylindrical bore coaxially therethrough of substantially the same diameter as the external diameter of said stud, a driver reciprocable in axial alinement with said boss having a spring-pressed positioning plunger adapted slidably to fit the socket of the anchoring member, a template having substantially the same size and contour as the sole and having means for selectively securing a shoe sole in a predetermined position on either side of said template, said template being provided with a plurality of apertures therethrough each one of which is of a size and shape to fit snugly on said boss and arranged in the desired predetermined positions relatively to each other and to the contour of the template, whereby by selectively securing a sole to one side of the assembly and thereupon successively placing the apertures in the template upon the boss and actuating the driver to apply the calk-anchoring member to the sole the calkanchoring members may be assembled on the respective right and left soles in symmetrical positions relatively to the contour of the sole.

5. A device for positioning calk-anchoring members in like predetermined relations to each other and to the contour of the right andleft soles of a pair of athletic shoes comprising a flat template having a contour conforming to that of a right sole when applied to the nonwear side thereof and the opposite face of the template conforming to a corresponding left sole when applied to the non-wear side thereof and being provided with cylindrical apertures therethrough located in predetermined arrangement and of uniform size and adapted to fit a cylindrical anvil of a setting device, and a plurality of reciprocable clamping means secured to the edge of said template selectively operable de tachably to clamp either the right. sole or the left sole to said template.

6. A device for positioning calk-anchoring members in like predetermined relations to each other and to the contour of the right and left soles of a pair of athletic shoes comprising a flat template having a size and contour conforming to that of a right sole when applied to the nonwear side thereof and the opposite face of the template conforming to the corresponding left sole when applied to the non-wear side thereof and being provided with apertures therethrough located in predetermined arrangement and of 1 uniform size and adapted to fit the anvil of a setting device, and means selectively operable detachably to clamp either a right sole or a left sole to said template comprising cooperating resilient means secured to opposite edges of said template and having means selectively operable i to engage a sole applied to either face of said template.

'7. A device for positioning calk-anchoring members in like predetermined relations to each other and to the contour of the right and left soles of a pair of athletic shoes comprising a flat template having a contour conforming to that of a right sole when applied to the non-wear side thereof and the "opposite face of the template conforming to the corresponding left sole when applied to the non-wear side thereof and being provided with apertures therethrough located in predetermined arrangement and of uniform size and adapted to fit the anvil of a setting device, and means selectively operable detachably to clamp either a right sole or a left sole to said template comprising cooperating flat springs secured to opposite edges of said template and having end portions providing semi-cylindrical bearings, double-headed pins slidably mounted in said bearings and of such length that when the head on one end engages the template the other head will overlie and contact a sole of appropriate thickness applied to said template and whereby said pins may be'caused similarly to engage a companion sole applied to the other side of said template.

FRED C. PHILLIPS. 

